Will P4s do EM64T? :-P I've also noticed that the 'stats' command completely fails to report valid FPS when the system is under load - it seems to average out the time of the last frame over a second - if you run a windows server where you get the banner at the top of the server output, you'll notice it's different (and much more stable) than the stats command when under load.
- Neph On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 8:24 PM, Gary Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 08:46 AM 5/27/2008, =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Faustas_Bu=B9kevi=E8ius?= wrote: >>Judging from what I've read, I'm guessing my linux config (IIRC its >>2.6.16 with 1000HZ, yup, thats April 2006) is fundamentally flawed. >>Full hlds server (about 20 clients) uses about 30% cpu (p4 3.4 ghz >>with HT on) and about 12% ram (out of 1G) but fps is only stable when >>server is empty and only with sys_ticrate 1000 (or 10000) and >>-pingboost 2. As soon as several clients get onto server, number fps >>start fluctuating constantly in between about 100 and 600. One other >>~15 slot server is present, same config. Total cpu usage normally does >>not exceed 70%. I am not really doing anything as head admin at the >>moment, everything is fully automated and I haven't been on the server >>myself for a couple of months now, but I still can't understand where >>did I go wrong. Nor can I let go of the fact that I could have done >>better. > > Try using x64 linux. x64 uses something called a vsyscall, which is a > shared page to map gettimeofday() to userland, and it's going to > reduce the cost of timekeeping with a P4. > A P4 has horrible pipeline latency, and it executes syscalls about 2x > slower than a PIII. > > You could also make sure you are using the TSC for the timecounter > instead of ACPI. > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
